Here at CigarBoxGuitarParts.com we showcase the various parts and supplies you can use to help build and decorate your Cigar Box Guitar, as well as discussing some of the creative ways that these parts can be used. Though not a true “how-to” site (check out our sister site www.cigarboxguitar.com for a growing knowledgebase of cigar […]

Created in the C. B. Gitty workshops in New Hampshire, these beautiful resonator cone covers fit a 5.5″ cigar box guitar cone perfectly. The classic teardrop design hearkens back to the golden age of resonators and will give any instrument a beautiful look. 5.5″ Stainless Steel Resonator Cover – Teardrop Design: just $12.99

It’s one thing to use screens or other objects as soundhole covers for your cigar box guitars, banjos or ukes. It’s another thing completely when you use one of these surface mount Dragon covers. They have a Norse look for a Game of Thrones attitude. Shop Chrome Dragon Soundholes – Just $6.99 each

Cigar box guitar building is an art that is progressively moving forward, generating new and exciting instruments in a modern Renaissance. C. B. Gitty is dedicated to creating and advancing parts that encourage builders to make even better axes. These American made, surface mount soundhole covers make normal F-holes pop with a great stainless steel […]

Want to give your cigar box guitar a clean, polished look? The black, screened soundhole covers pictured here not only will hide those rough-edged holes in the top of the guitar, but they’ll also make the instrument look more professional. Originally intended for resonator guitars and dobros, they are 2 3/8″ outside diameter and […]

P-90 style pickups, also known as “soapbars,” deliver the mythical, throaty tones associated with songs like Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen.” It is because the pickup is a snarling single coil at heart, but the bigger size gives the tone more body than a normal Strat pickup. Many builders are starting to mount Soapbars in their cigar […]

With an appearance like a well-worn pair of blue jeans, the Bayou Blue ceramic guitar slide by Rocky Mountain Slides is a fantastic blues machine with incredible sustain. Each slide is hand painted and no two look alike. These slides are 2.25″ long, giving sufficient reach on a standard guitar, but still short enough to […]

Ovation Guitars have always been known for their wood leaf & circle soundholes. C. B. Gitty offers the same style sound hole covers that can be used for cigar box guitars. They’re offered at just $4.99 a set. Shop Ovation style sound hole covers – $4.99

Many historical plans and news stories have been discovered featuring cigar box ukuleles and mandolins. If you want to create your own version, whether traditional or contemporary, you will need the proper scale templates to achieve proper intonation and sound. This is a handy fretting scale length template, with four separate fretboard templates showing fret […]

C. B. Gitty has designed eight original headstock designs for cigar box guitar and then cut them into a series of templates, adding two sizes for each shape. The 16 template series is available in one single $25 set and will help make any cigar box guitar look more professional. Afterall, it’s the headstock […]

For the cigar box guitar builder who wants a simple, great sounding pickup without the worry of soldering, the Pre-Wired Four String Pickup Harness is a great choice. Starting with a screaming single coil with four polepieces, the harness contains a fully wired volume, tone and output jack. The set even includes a mounting flange […]

The iconic blues acoustic guitars made by the original Stella Guitar Company were constructed from birch wood. C. B. Gitty brings back the tradition with these acoustic box kits made from select birch. Ben Baker of C. B. Gitty says, “it can be very difficult to find boxes in this large size. Now the search […]

C. B. Gitty Crafter Supply has just introduced a gig bag specifically made for cigar box guitars. The 39″x12″ soft carryall has enough room for up to two cigar box guitars and even features a 15″x7″ front pocket for strings, slides and accessories. The walls are extra padded to properly protect the instruments inside. These […]

C. B. Gitty has just collaborated with musician and historian, Shane Speal to produce a three-string cigar box guitar chord chart poster. The 12×18 poster features hand-drawn art by Speal and 24 different first position chord inversions for major, minor and seventh chords. It is printed on an old-timey, brown newsprint and is perfect for […]

When Shane Speal stumbled across these historic cigar box banjo plans, he was struck by how beautiful the illustrations and the original newspaper text looked. Instead of just documenting and archiving the step-by-step tutorial, he also took the scans of the original article and turned them into this 12×18 poster, printed on brown newsprint. The […]

“The Busker” is a great street-performance amp from C. B. Gitty featuring an all wood cigar box from the Dominican Republic. They take the box and completely convert it into a battery powered guitar amp in their New Hampshire workshop. The result is a great sounding guitar tone that has a natural wood style… totally […]